The PetSmart store in Westminster is being remodelled to make room for a new adoption center that will be staffed by Boulder Humane employees.

If projections are met, an estimated 1,300 dogs and cats will be saved each year.

PetSmart Charities is the independent nonprofit arm of the PetSmart chain. Since May 2010, it has opened similar adoption centers in Fort Worth, Texas; Yuma, Ariz.; Scottsdale, Ariz.; Dover, Del. and Green Bay, Wis.

This is the first in Colorado and it was no accident that Boulder Humane was approached, said Lisa Pedersen, CEO.Read more…

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